The construction of the hermitage of Santa Maria di Carbonara is to envisage around the year one thousand, assumption that arises as a result of a legend giffonese about a framework found a charcoal burner, in a place steep del monte Lieggio, that dominates the locality of Carbonara. The painting was carried by these in Curti and the people decided to erect the temple in honor of the Madonna portrayed in the framework near the place of discovery. Begun The work of building up the Church, always according to the legend, the masons, one morning going to work, they found the foundations miraculously transported in the current site.